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1. 11. Comedy 4 Kids @ The Lowry

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 18 September 2004 TWO O'CLOCK on a Saturday afternoon at the Lowry and the audience going in were not your average comedy-going crowd.

2. 12. Comedy web worlds

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 27 April 2004 CHANCES are if your first contact with a comedy night isn't your mate dragging you along to one insisting 'go on, it'll be a laugh,' it might well be via the club's web site.

3. 13. A dedicated follower of comedy

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 23 January 2004 AS a fan of Malarkey’s comedy club, Neil Smith has shown much dedication. After stumbling across the club with his mate when he moved to Fallowfield five years ago, they’ve been down every week since.

4. 14. Spikey's search for a comedy star

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 29 January 2004 PHOENIX Nights star Dave Spikey thought it might be a giggle to find the next big name in comedy - and was left in fits of laughter by a group of school children

5. 15. All that glitters... is comedy gold

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 05 February 2004

   “IT was the last thing I expected to do, I have to say. I was going to be an opera singer but I frankly wasn’t good enough,”<BR>says Jonathan Mayor of his burgeoning comedy career.

6. 16. Comedy controversy

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 15 April 2004 IT looks like Manchester's new BBC comedy unit has already set its stall out for controversy, announcing that its first show is to be about drug dealing. The eight-part sitcom, called I Deal, stars Johnny Vegas as a small-time dope pusher called Moz.

7. 17. Character full comedy

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 12 March 2004 CHARACTER comics always present a welcome alternative to the standard stand-up comedy act. Locally we have the hilarious Jackie `Mr Goodtime' Valencio, the eccentric Central American revolutionary singer/songwriter Mundo Jazz, and the gloriously louche Syd Selby and Fanny, to name but three.

8. 18. Comedy at its Peak

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 19 March 2004 DANIEL& Peak is on the verge of achieving his comedy dreams. The 29-year old, from Ashton-under-Lyne, won a major talent search to find new TV comedy writers and his first full show will be screened on& Monday, March 22.

9. 19. Comedy @ Oldham Castle

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 26 January 2004 THE Castle is a damn near perfect venue for a monthly comedy night. Most impromptu nights pop up in pubs and bars that aren’t always ideal venues for comedy, there’s usually a few blind spots in the room. At the Castle there’s only one, tucked away behind the DJ booth, and why would you want to park yourself there anyway?

10. 20. Saluting a comedy legend

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 19 February 2004 IT has& been ten years since comedy lost one of its most promising stars. On the 26 February 1994, American comedian Bill Hicks died an untimely death from cancer of the pancreas, aged just 32.

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